Camping (well sort of)

Isaac and I riding Redbird - his first time to ride a horse.

Carl and Isaac talking about the backhoe, from a safe distance of course.

Our family on the hayride.

Most of the people on the hayride...what fun!

Roasting marshmellows to make smores!

Carl and Isaac on the mound of dirt.

Hudson, Celisa, and Adilyn having lunch.

Cory and Hudson

Isaac and I petting the horse (after much coaxing).

Playing on the tractor, what a fun big steering wheel!

Saturday we spent the day with great friends hanging out in the country. The entire day was so much fun...it was definitely a little boys heaven. A good friend's parents had us all out for a camping weekend on their property. It was true camping in tents and all, so we didn't brave it yet with Isaac, we just went up for the day on Saturday. The land out there was beautiful, and my outdoorsy boy loved every minute of it! There was a big mound of dirt to play on, horseback riding, which Isaac did for the first time, dogs to play with, hay rides, tractors, a campfire, and of course some bug catching. Isaac loves all vehicles, well at least in his books, but we found out on Saturday that he is quite frightened of them up close. There was a bulldozer, a tractor, and a backhoe...we could only convince Isaac to calmly sit on the tractor and even that took some coaxing. Although he did enjoy talking about them from a distance. He was also pretty scared of the horses at first, which is strange since our neighbor has one that he goes over to all the time. Again, with some coaxing I was able to get him to pet the horses, and eventually ride with me. I think he said, "up, up" most of the time he was on the horse, but it was still a great experience. There was also a beautiful black great dane, and Isaac really liked him! He kept asking me to take him to the dog so he could pet him...that's my boy. The hay ride was so fun, I know all of the kids enjoyed that!

It was such a relaxing and fun day for everyone and I am so thankful for our great friends for having us out.